Daily Archives: Thursday, February 2, 2012, 8:39 pm

James Collin – The Passenger (Iggy Pop Cover)

Full disclosure, Chris (James Collin) is a good friend of mine that I have known for over 15 years.

It is not that often that I get pulled in by a cover song but what James Collin did with his cover of Iggy Pop’s iconic “The Passenger” is nothing short of brilliant.  This tune has been getting heavy spin from me for several months now, that I had to do the right thing and share it on our site.  If I gush about it too much people will probably view it as favoritism (even though it deserves every bit of praise), so instead I will let the song do all the talking.

Enjoy and if you do please hit up his website and pick it up! – Link

 

Check out the James Collin home page here - http://jamescollin.com/

 

FIRST ORDER HISTORIANS SUPER BOWL XLVI PREVIEW

by Ryan Meehan

Super Bowl XLVI is upon us, and it’s a rematch of Super Bowl XLII, in which the Giants shocked the world by defeating New England 17-14.  Some of the players that made that game so special are still on their respective teams, most notably the quarterbacks Eli Manning and Tom Brady.  Others are missing, like future Hall of Fame Giants defensive end Michael Strahan and Patriots linebackers Mike Vrabel and Tedy Bruschi, who will likely be joining him in Canton.  But technically the term “rematch” will never be truly accurate when you think about it:  No two teams will ever meet each other with the same exact players in the same exact condition even if they play in consecutive weeks.  There’s a seemingly endless list of variables that would cause each game to be slightly different.  So in my mind, I retract my previous statement that this is a rematch, and hereby deny the existence of the word entirely.  Somebody had to stand up and do it.

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